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Episode 97: Improving Your Django and Python Developer Experience

The Real Python Podcast

Feb 11, 2022 49m

How often have you thought about your Developer Experience (DX)? How do you improve your workflow, find documentation, and simplify code formatting? This week on the show, Adam Johnson is here to talk about his new book, “Boost Your Django DX.”

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Adam provides advice on improving your developer experience, specifically inside Django and within Python. We discuss tools to simplify code formatting and linting.

Adam shares a couple of his own Django tools designed to simplify development and keep your projects updated. He also covers documentation resources for finding answers quickly.

Course Spotlight: Django View Authorization: Restricting Access

This course covers how to restrict your web pages to users with different roles through Django view authorization. You’ll learn about HttpRequest.user objects, decorators that authenticate views, and ways to notify your users with the Django messages framework.

Topics:

00:00:00 – Introduction
00:01:53 – The Django Project Technical Board
00:04:08 – Change in the release cadence for Django
00:06:08 – Kaizen, continous improvement, and helping others improve
00:10:23 – Common ways to improve developer experience
00:14:06 – Sponsor: Scout APM
00:14:54 – Developer documentation tools
00:20:24 – Bang shortcuts when searching with DuckDuckGo
00:22:37 – Who is the intended audience for the book?
00:23:33 – Managing secrets and giving general advice
00:26:49 – Writing books to fill in the gaps
00:29:12 – Video Course Spotlight
00:30:24 – Topics for the blog, favicons, and type hints
00:39:22 – What are your recent Django-related projects?
00:42:05 – Sources for Django news
00:45:01 – What are you excited about in the world of Python?
00:45:59 – What do you want to learn next?
00:47:43 – Shout-outs and social connections
00:48:43 – Thanks and goodbye

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Level Up Your Python Skills With These Courses:

Get Started With Django Part 3: Django View Authorization

Django View Authorization: Restricting Access

How to Set Up a Django Project

Host Your Django Project on Heroku

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